Word: adopted
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...stating specifically that the procedures now in place for disciplining offenders are satisfactory the report contradicts the view of some RUS members who have urged the University to adopt a more explicit policy more clearly describing what actions constitute sexual harassment, and what kind of punishment may result...
Bloch is uncertain at present how large the club will be or what policies it will adopt. "So far there has been a great deal of interest, and we've received a lot of calls," he said, "but the final direction of the club will be decided by the members at the meetings...
Nonetheless, 10 state legislatures have stepped forward to affirm fundamental justice for the District. Hopefully more states will adopt this political orphan, not from self-satisfied benevolence but with a mind to what seventh graders will learn in their history classes...
Meanwhile, the Proprietary Association, a Washington-based organization that represents the nation's major pharmaceutical manufacturers, unveiled detailed proposals for packaging that would clearly tip off the consumer when a product has been tampered with. The association has urged the Food and Drug Administration to adopt a "uniform, national approach to the problem" to discourage state and local authorities from enacting separate and possibly conflicting regulations...
...quantum jump is needed, amounting to a revolution in engineering education." The committee proposed a new alliance between industry and academe under which, on company time and at company expense, engineers would continue their graduate-level education in at least one 15-week course per year. Universities should adopt residency requirements flexible enough so that graduate-level courses could be taught at the workplace. It recommended that as much as 10% of engineers' working time be devoted to continuing education...